1- DATE-TIME-LOCATION of the sound environment
Friday, Mar 7 2014. 6:51A. Outside a Laundry Room.

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
• Somewhere distant, I can hear a Vacuum Cleaner
• The TV in the Common Room was left on overnight at a medium volume
• A Water Fountain or Bubbler around the corner being used

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
• Some trash just settled in a trash can
• Dryers operating
• Elevator door opening… for nobody

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).
• My congested nose is squeaking
• My flip-flop grinds against the floor
• Mouth-breathing is only marginally distracting

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
It’s strange. At this time of morning, it seems as though I am in a cushion of soundlessness. It is noisy far away from me, but in my immediate location, quite quiet. I would like to say this is a result of the meditation exercise; that I can calm the physical world around me with my powers of focus. But that is slightly improbable, isn’t it?

6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
Routine

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
• Mouth Breathing
• The Hum of Dryers
• The audience-less TV